Storage Administrator

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd; Greater London; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd is seeking an experienced Storage Administrator & Disaster Recovery Manager to support a major mainframe project on a fully remote UK basis. The role blends hands-on IBM z/OS storage administration with disaster recovery planning and execution, ensuring availability, resilience and recoverability of critical systems.

You will work with wider technical teams and client stakeholders to maintain storage availability, capacity and performance, manage datasets,

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Mainframe Storage Administrator, Storage Specialist or Storage & Disaster Recovery professional.
• Strong knowledge of IBM mainframe storage environments and DFSMS family.
• Experience with DASD, tape storage and replication technologies.
• Familiarity with GDPS and mainframe DR solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on administration across the IBM mainframe storage environment.
• Manage datasets, files and storage resources to maintain availability.
• Support backup, restore and data recovery activities.
• Plan, coordinate and execute disaster recovery testing and exercises.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and wider technical teams to ensure DR readiness.

Skills

Mainframe storage administration

IFR/DFSMS/DFSMShsm/DFSMSdss

Disaster recovery planning

Incident management

IBM z/OS storage

Storage performance optimization

Data backup & restore

Storage & DR readiness

Strong communication

Job description

Storage Administrator & Disaster Recovery Manager

Contract: Initial 3 months

Location: Fully Remote – UK

Rate: Dependent on experience

Security Clearance: Active UK SC Clearance Required

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Storage Administrator & Disaster Recovery Manager to support a major client mainframe project through a specialist consultancy.

This is a hands‑on technical role combining mainframe storage administration with disaster recovery management. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting day‑to‑day storage operations, managing file and dataset activities, and contributing to the planning, coordination and execution of disaster recovery processes.

You will work closely with wider technical teams and client stakeholders to help maintain the availability, resilience and recoverability of critical mainframe systems and data.

Key Responsibilities

Storage Administration

• Provide hands‑on administration and support across the IBM mainframe storage environment.
• Manage mainframe datasets, files and storage resources.
• Support storage operations, monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Investigate and resolve storage‑related incidents and operational issues.
• Support backup, restore and data recovery activities.
• Work with technical teams to maintain storage availability, capacity and performance.

Disaster Recovery Management

• Support the planning, coordination and management of disaster recovery activities.
• Maintain and review disaster recovery procedures, plans and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate and support disaster recovery testing and recovery exercises.
• Assist with the investigation and resolution of issues identified during DR testing.
• Support the recovery of critical systems and data in line with agreed recovery objectives.
• Work with infrastructure, storage and wider technical teams to ensure disaster recovery readiness and operational resilience.
• Proven experience as a Mainframe Storage Administrator, Storage Specialist or Storage & Disaster Recovery professional.
• Strong knowledge of IBM mainframe storage environments.
• Practical experience with dataset, file and storage management.
• Experience supporting backup, restore and recovery processes.
• Demonstrable experience with disaster recovery planning, coordination and testing.
• Understanding of mainframe resilience, availability and recovery requirements.
• Strong incident management and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work independently in a hands‑on technical capacity.
• Strong communication skills and experience working with wider technical teams and stakeholders.
• Must hold current, active UK Security Check (SC) clearance. Candidates without active SC clearance will not be considered.
• Experience with IBM z/OS storage technologies.
• Knowledge of DFSMS, DFSMShsm and DFSMSdss.
• Experience with DASD, tape storage and replication technologies.
• Familiarity with GDPS and mainframe disaster recovery solutions.
• Experience supporting large‑scale or complex enterprise mainframe environments.
• Experience working on major infrastructure or mainframe project delivery.